Material Design Lite AlternativesCSS Frameworks and other similar apps like Material Design Lite

Material Design Lite is described as 'Google's front-end web framework for building sites to the Material Design specification' and is a CSS Framework in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Material Design Lite, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Mac, Windows and Linux apps. The best Material Design Lite alternative is Bootstrap, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Material Design Lite are Tailwind CSS, Semantic UI, Foundation and UIkit.

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  1. Bootstrap icon
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    Bootstrap is a open-source collection of tools for creating browser sites and applications. It contains HTML and CSS-based design templates for typography, forms, buttons, charts, navigation and other interface components, as well as optional JavaScript extensions.

    107 Bootstrap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • HTML5 Boilerplate
    • JavaScript
     
  2. Tailwind CSS icon
     28 likes

    Tailwind is different from frameworks like Bootstrap, Foundation, or Bulma in that it's not a UI kit.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • CSS
     
  3. Semantic UI icon
     46 likes

    UI framework with 50+ elements and 3000+ CSS variables, ensuring responsive design. Seamlessly integrates with React, Angular, and other frameworks for customizable theming.

    99 Semantic UI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

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    • Self-Hosted
    • CSS
    • JavaScript
     
  4. Foundation icon
     48 likes

    Foundation, a responsive front-end framework by Zurb, includes customizable HTML, CSS, and JS resources, enabling the creation of semantic, device-friendly websites and emails, promoting accessibility and content focus, with tools for designers and developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

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    • Self-Hosted
    • CSS
    • JavaScript
     
  5. UIkit icon
     38 likes

    A lightweight and modular front-end framework for developing fast and powerful web interfaces.

    102 UIkit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  6. Material UI icon
     6 likes

    Material UI is an open-source React component library that implements Google's Material Design. It's comprehensive and can be used in production out of the box.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Materialize icon
     38 likes

    Simple. Built on open source. The responsive front-end library based on Google's Material Design.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. HTMX icon
     4 likes

    htmx gives you access to AJAX, CSS Transitions, WebSockets and Server Sent Events directly in HTML, using attributes, so you can build modern user interfaces with the simplicity and power of hypertext

    14 HTMX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • HTML
     
  9. Purecss icon
     17 likes

    A set of small, responsive CSS modules that you can use in every web project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Tailwind Plus icon
     2 likes

    Beautifully designed, expertly crafted components and templates, built by the makers of Tailwind CSS. The perfect starting point for your next project.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Tailwind CSS
    • CSS
     
  11. Element UI icon
     5 likes

    Element, a Vue 2.0 based component library for developers, designers and product managers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • CSS
    • JavaScript
    • Vue.js
     
  12. daisyUI icon
     2 likes

    daisyUI adds component class names to Tailwind CSS so you can make beautiful websites faster than ever.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Self-Hosted
    • CSS
     
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